as an acronym represents defining theme and education, knowledge-based economies like america and degrees and higher education. so it is exciting and educational. sophisticated but sexy and stylish if you will. >> how long did it take to put it together and have what we have here. >> this five pound history book, 360 pages going full circle on 27 chapters a through z took about a year, almost a year and a half in terms of the planning an policy implementation. the research and fact finding and working with leading organizations to help to find what success stories should be, in fact, put in the book. >> reporter: there are other best ofs. i saw egypt, abu dob by, dubai. can we expect these in other areas. >> each state in every u.s. city will be on the list of books and e-bobs that will be interactive on-line e-books so we have the opposite of a newspaper and magazine. however, at the i am time, this could be a great supplement to about annual supplement to a daily newspaper, capturing the best features of the year kind of a corporate gift. while at the same time we have an on-line busine